The Quest For The Perfect Exercise and Diet Plan with Home DNA

Low carb? High protein? Intermittent fasting? Vegetarian? Vegan? Seems like we are always looking for that one little tweak to our diet and nutrition plan that will make all the difference. What does your body really need to achieve your goals? More cardio or more strength training? How is one to know what to do? Enter Home DNA Healthy Weight.

I received the supplies to do the Home DNA Healthy weight analysis in exchange for a review. All opinions are my own.

The Quest For The Perfect Exercise and Diet Plan With Home DNA

The Home DNA Healthy Weightkit arrives with detailed instructions on how to gather your DNA to send off for analysis. With a quick swab to my cheek, my samples were sent off. In a few weeks, I had a very detailed 75 page report to peruse. The analysis includes what type of exercise my body responds to best, what nutrients I might be lacking in and my ability to maintain my weight.

Here is a quick 60 second video with basic info on what your Home DNA Healthy Weight kit can tell you.

I like to think that I have everything all figured out about my own body but we can all use a few tweaks to our routine. Am I eating the right ratio of carbs and proteins? How much cardio should I be doing? My Home DNA Healthy Weightanalysis will give me a snap shot into all of these questions. I am still pouring through the details of my report and I plan to discuss them with my Dr at my next check up. My Home DNA Healthy Weight report was divided into 4 sections:

Weight Loss Ability: Below Average (fabulous huh?)

Food:

-Protein Utilization: slightly enhanced

-Fat Utilization: normal

-Carb utilization: normal

** I know that my body responds well when I eat more protein so this verified my thoughts.

Nutrients:

Vitamin A, B-6, folate -below normal

Exercise:

Fat loss response to cardio: below normal

Fitness response to cardio: below normal

Fitness response to strength training: normal

A little upsetting to see that I am probably doing more cardio than I need to to achieve the same results. I do know that my body responds very well to strength training and these results confirm that. My Home DNA Healthy Weight report also recommends that I eat a diet of around 25% protein 45% carbs and 30% fat. While it is challenging to get that much protein as a vegetarian, I am working on it.

Final thoughts on Home DNA Healthy Weight

I find all of this information really eye opening (and a little overwhelming). I look forward to discussing it with my Dr. and implementing some of the ideas suggested. There really is no one size fits all in the health and wellness world. I like the idea of receiving personalized results to guide me.

You can find HomeDNA Healthy Weight kit at CVS & Rite Aid drugstores, or online, for $119 at HomeDNA.com. Use the promo code HW50 to save $50 (for a total of $69) until 4/30.

What do you think about personalized health and wellness reports like Home DNA Healthy Weight?

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Hi I'm Deborah! I spend my days successfully raising a husband & 2 teens in the VA/DC area. I am a lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I've always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for partners in crime, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to over 700 members. I've met so many amazing women who inspire me daily to keep moving forward. You can usually find me running with my crew and training for the next crazy adventure they talked me into. I love to keep up to date on new running & fitness trends. I definitely choose my running gear based on color and love to express my fashion sense while exercising.

This is an extremely interesting take on any DNA kit that I have seen. A 75 page report is a lot of information but hopefully it’s easy to understand. Now I want to try a kit out to see what would work best for me!

Interesting and I think it is a great idea for people who need help to find the best plan that works for them and their lifestyle. Some people like to see cold hard facts and this is a great way to get that.

OMG I SO WANT TO TRY THIS! I find all this stuff so insanely fascinating!!! For the most part I really know how my body is affected by certainly macronutrients but it would be so interesting to see if my thoughts are actually wrong – ha!

Hmm…interesting, but maybe I’m a bigger cynic thank I realized. I don’t know how I feel about giving an outside party access to my DNA! Still, it’s fascinating to think about your DNA influencing your ability to stay fit. Curious to see what you Dr. has to say about it…

I’m been seeing this Home DNA kit mentioned everywhere lately I feel like! Every person is different and I feel like our genetics do play a huge role in how we respond to certain things. It’s exactly why cookie-cutter programs don’t work for everybody! I’m so interested in trying this; I’ll be sure to use the discount code because yay savings! haha

I have mixed feelings on the DNA tests. On the one hand, I think they’re fascinating. On the other, although I’m a very public person, there are some things I do want to keep private. Oddly enough, my aunt and uncle have the same feelings. Must be genetic. Hahaha. 🙂

Ooooh, very interesting. I’m pretty sure my weight loss ability would be below normal too. I’ve always lost really, really slowly. I watch so many of my Weight Watchers friends seem to be able to get away with stuff and still lose weight — or easily maintain their weight — whereas I swear I can look at food and gain.

Not quite true, but sometimes it feels like it!

I’d love to see an update on this when you’ve talked to your dr & implemented some changes.

And I got news for you — I eat everything, and I’m still struggling with getting in enough protein!

I think all of this info is fascinating, but I can totally also see where it could be overwhelming to get it all at once. I’d be curious to see how my body responds to the various factors you mentioned.

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Successfully raising a husband & 2 teens in the VA/DC area. I am a lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I’ve always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for partners in crime, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to over 700 members. I’ve met so many amazing women who inspire me daily to keep moving forward. You can usually find me running with my crew and training for the next crazy adventure they talked me into.Read More…

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Hi I'm Deborah! I spend my days successfully raising a husband & 2 teens in the VA/DC area. I am a lover of all things running & fitness. As a life long vegetarian, I've always been passionate about healthy living & exercise. Looking for partners in crime, I started my own chapter of Moms Run This Town (MRTT) which has grown to over 700 members. I've met so many amazing women who inspire me daily to keep moving forward. You can usually find me running with my crew and training for the next crazy adventure they talked me into. Read More…

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